Addressing-machine.



W. P. KELLETT. ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. m 1908.

931,61 9. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. KELLETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ADDRESSING-MA CHINE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. KELLETT, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Addressing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to addressing machines of that type whereinprinted labels are separated successively from a continuous strip or weband adhesively applied to articles to be addressed.

The object of the invention is to simplify and improve the constructionand operation of addressing machines, and more particularly to providean improved form of cutting shears for severing the labels from the web.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of anaddressing machine embodying the'features of the invention, Fig. 2 is adetail sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a detaillongitudinal central section of the machine, and Fig. 4 is a detailsection viewed from the line 44 of Fig. 3.

The machine illustrated in the drawings is of that type adapted to becarried upon the arm of an operator and to be manually actuated, anaddress label being applied to an article by pressing the delivery endof the machine bodily upon the article.

As shown the machine comprises a casing or body, generally designated10, preferably formed of sheet brass and providing a h0using 11 for aroll of printed labels joined together in a continuous web X, and apaste receptacle 12. As is usual in machines of this type the casing 10is in the form of a tapered trough, and a hand grip 13 is provided onone of the side walls of the casing intermediate the ends of the trough.

A spindle 14 is j ournaled in the side walls of the casing adjacent thelarger end of the trough for carrying the roll of webbing X. Apaste-applying feed belt 15 serves for advancing the webbing to thedelivery end of the casing 10. This feed belt turns over a roller 16which is j ournaled in the side walls of the casing adjacent the mouthof the trough and is manually actuated, a knob 17 of convenient form tobe engaged by a finger of the operator being mounted upon Specificationof Letters Patent.

Application filed December 28, 1908.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Serial No. 469,604.

the spindle of the roller in front of the hand grip 13.

A pair of cutting shears, comprising fixed and movable blades designated18 and 19 respeotively; are provided at the delivery end of the casing10 in front of the roller 16. As is usual in machines of this class, themovable blade 19 of the shears serves the double purpose of cutting aprinted label from the webX delivered to the shears by the pasteapplyingfeed belt 15, and of stamping the severed label upon the article towhich it is attached.

As shown, the fixed and movable blades 18, 19, of the shears arepivotallyconnected by a set-screw 20 and are removably secured to theend of the casing 10. For this purpose a spring clip 21., preferablyformed from a folded strip of sheet metal, such as brass and having thefree end of one of the leaves, as 22, provided with a hook 23, ispermanently secured to the stationary blade 18 of the shears, as bymeans of solder. This spring clip is adapted to fit over the end of thefioor of the casing 10, the hook 23 being then in engagement with atransverse shoulder 24 provided upon the lower side of the floor. Theshoulder 24 is provided through applying a strip of sheet metal 25-tothe floor of the casing, as with solder, this strip being preferablyextended over the floor and side walls of the casing adjacent the mouthof the trough, as most clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, therebyconstituting a reinforcement for the corners of the trough and for thejournal bearings of the spindle of the roller 16 and providing for amuch more securely soldered connection between the strip and the wallsof the casing than can be obtained by merely solderhig together two flatsurfaces.

As the stationary blade 18 of the shears is preferably formed fromsteel, to which the folded edge of the spring metal clip 21 is solderedwith difficulty, an intermediate strip 26, preferably of tinned copper,is applied to the inner side face of the blade 18 and soldered thereto,the socket member 22 thereupon being soldered to the strip 26. In orderto obtain a more securely soldered connection between the intermediatestrip 26 and the blade 18, the ends of the strip 26 are overturned uponthe ends of the blade 18, as shown at 27, 28, Fig. 1.

A spring depressed lever arm 29 is provided for actuating the movableblade 19 of the shears. As shown, this lever arm has a yielding pivotalconnection with the side wall of the casing 10 at 30, and extends alongthe side of the casing to a position beyond the shears 18, 19, where itis provided with a tappet 31 for striking the work table (not shown)when the instrument is depressed by the operator to apply a pasted labelto an article resting on the table. Preferably the yielding pivotalconnection between the lever arm 29 and the side wall of the casing 10at 30 is provided by forming the inner end of the arm into a coiledspring 32 extending perpendicularly to the body of the arm, the end ofthe spring being then permanently secured, as by means of solder, to thecasing wall. Operative connection between the movable blade 19 of theshears and the arm 29 is preferably effected through an eye-rod 33permanently attached, as at 34, to the back of the blade 19.

In order that the coiled spring 32 may exert a regulated lateralpressure upon the blade 19 to insure a cutting engagement between thefixed and movable blades 18 and 19 of the shears, the eye-rod 33 isadjustably connected to the actuating lever arm 29. To this end abracket 35 is carried by the arm 29 intermediate its ends, this bracketbeing provided with a longitudinally extending threaded socket 36. Aflanged stud 37, having a threaded shank 38 running in the socket 36,enters the eye 39 of the rod 38, the flange 40 of the stud being adaptedto bear laterally upon the rod 33 about the eye. A lock nut 41 runs onthe threaded shank of the stud 37 to engage an end wall of the socket 36and secure the stud 37 in adjusted position.

In using the device an operator carries the casing 10 in his arm, a firmhold being had. by grasping the grip member 13. Labels having anadhesive applied to their under surface are successively advanced uponthe shears 18, 19, through advancing the pasteapplying feed belt 15 bymanually turning the roller 16. If now the instrument be depressed uponthe work table, the cutting shears 18, 19, are operated by a raising ofthe lever arm 29 by contact with the tappet 31 with the table. A pastedlabel is thus severed from the continuous web delivered by thepaste-applying feed belt 15. By a continued downward movement of themovable blade 19 of the shears the severed label is stamped upon thearticle to which it is to be applied. The coiled spring 32 serves fordepressing the lever arm 29 and raising the movable blade 19 of theshears when the instrument is again raised from the table, while by asuitable adjustment of the threaded shank 38 of the flanged stud 37 inthe bracket 35 carried by the lever arm 29, a regulated lateral pressureof the spring 32 may be exerted upon the movable blade 19 through theeye rod 33 to insure a cutting engagement between the two blades of theshears.

By means of the copper strip 26 applied to the face of the stationarysteel blade 18 and extending over its ends, a securely solderedconnection between the blade and the spring clip 21, by means of whichthe blade is detachably secured to the casing 10, is obtained. Inasmuchas a repeated use of the instrument in the manner described tends todislodge the shears from the end of the casing, this secure connectionis of great importance, while the use of the strip 25 extending over thefloor and side walls of the casing adjacent its mouth to provide ashoulder for engagement by the hook 23 so reinforces the end walls ofthe casing as to effectually prevent their being broken.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an addressing machine, in combination, a body having web servingmechanism, web cutting shears comprising a stationary blade mounted uponthe body and an oscillatable blade pivoted thereto, and an actuatingspring lever arm extending at an angle to the lane of the shears andconnected to the osci atable blade at one side of its pivot, theconnection between the spring lever arm and the oscillatable blade beingadjustable in the direction 01' the length of the spring lever arm.

2. In combination, a pair of cutting shears comprising pivotallyconnected fixed and movable blades, and an actuating arm oscillatable ina plane transverse to the plane of the shears connected to the movableblade at one side of its pivot, the connection between the actuatin armand the movable blade being adjustable in the direction of the length ofthe actuating arm.

3. In a Web cutting and delivering mechanism, in combination, a base, afeed roll mounted on the base, a pair of shears receiving from the feedroll comprising a stationary blade mounted on the base in front of the-feed roll and an oscillatable blade pivoted thereto, and an actuatingarm movable in a plane transverse to the plane of the shears, said armhaving a yielding pivotal connection with the base and an adjustablethrust bearing connection with the oscillatable blade arm at one side ofthe pivot thereof.

4. In combination, .a pair of shears comprising pivotally connectedfixed and movable blades, and an actuating arm movable in a planetransverse to the plane of the shears and having a yielding pivotalconnection with a fixed support and an adjustable thrust bearingconnection with the movable blade of the shears at one side of the pivotthereof.

5. In combination, a pair of shears comprising pivotally connected fixedand movable blade arms, the movable blade arm having an eye located onthat side of the pivot remote from the cutting edge, an actuating armmovable in a plane transverse to the plane of the shears and having ayielding pivotal connection with a fixed support on that side of theshears remote from the movable blade, and a flanged stud adjustablymounted on the actuating arm entering the eye of the movable blade arm.

6. In an addressing machine, in combination, web delivering and pasteapplying means comprising a brass container, Web cutting shearsreceiving from the delivering and paste-ap lying means comprising anoblong rectangu ar steel blade, and a copper con necting plate extendingover a side and the ends of the steel blade, the copper connecting platebeing soldered to the b ade and to the container.

7. In an addressing machine, in combination, a trough-shaped frame, afeed roll j ournaled in the sides of the frame adjacent the mouth of thetrough, and a reinforcing plate extending over the floor of the frameadjacent its mouth and over the sides of the frame about the journals ofthe feed roll and constituting an attaching shoulder for a cuttingblade.

WILLIAM F. KELLETT. Witnesses:

E. M. KLATOHER, LOUIS K. GILLsON.

